
Having lost to Atherstone Town last Saturday Moulton welcome ‘The Adders’ to Brunting Road on Saturday for the reverse fixture hoping to rectify last weekends defeat. ‘The Adders’ away kit is Yellow shirts, Blue shorts & socks.
Full history of Atherstone Town can be viewed in last weekends preview.
With their win against Moulton last Saturday they moved up one position to 5th slot with 47 points from their 23 games (15 wins, 2 draws, 6 defeats), 2 points behind Moulton but with 6 games in hand. Their last 4 league games (excluding last Saturday) has seen them win three, v Eynesbury Rovers (H) 4-1; v Hinckley AFC (A) 1-0; v Newport Pagnell Town (H) 3-1 but lose one v Coventry United (A) 1-5. Infact they were undefeated in their last 8 league games prior to the Coventry defeat. Their only other defeats in the league have all been at home against Nuneaton, ON Chenecks, March, Lutterworth & Histon. Prior to next weekends game they have a league match at home to Bugbrooke St. Michael on Tuesday evening (UPDATE - game postponed). In Cup terms, they are now able to concentrate on the league having exited both the FA Vase (lost away v Gornal Athletic 0-3) and the Birmingham Senior Cup (lost away v Leamington 1-2) during November. They also exited the UCL KO Cup in October v Newark & Sherwood (A) 1-3 and the FA Cup back in August v Rushall Olympic (A) 1-5.
Saturdays referee is scheduled as Ben Bright, who is becoming a regular in officiating Moulton matches, his last one the 1-1 draw at home to March Town